Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Born: 1968-11-05 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) is a Spanish-Italian film actress. Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States for her portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-American winegrower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves) in A Walk in the Clouds (1995). She has since built a reputation as an international star in films such as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boca (1996), Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997), Jaime Chavarri's Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (1998), Gabriele Salvatores' adaptation of the Niccolò Ammaniti novel I'm not scared (2003) and Brad Anderson's The Machinist (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Bitter Christmas as Mónica
2025
- La conquista de la democracia ... (Presenter)
- The Low Land as Carmen Membrado
- Fury ... (Thanks)
2024
- La Revuelta as Self - Guest
- Breathless as Pilar Amaro
- The First Look as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
- Survivor's Day as Elena Paz
- My Other Jon
- Something Is About to Happen as Roberta
- The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite as Self - Actress
2022
- Martínez y hermanos as Self - Guest
- Under Her Control as Beatriz
2021
- Parallel Mothers as Teresa
- Fish Bones as Carmen
- El Corazón del Imperio as Julia Mesa
2020
- Velvet Colección: Grand Finale as Blanca Soto Fernández
- Anatomy of a Dandy as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Alex's Strip as Vera
2018
- Querido Fotogramas as Self
- Thi Mai as Elvira
- Volcánica
2017
- Estoy vivo as Comisaria Verónica "Vero" Ruiz
- The Velvet Collection as Blanca Soto
2015
- Disco Inferno
- Teresa as Doña Jimena
2014
- Velvet as Blanca Soto
- The Misfits Club as Madre de Valeria
2011
- Drifters as Vima
- Maktub as Beatriz
- La muerte de Otilia Ruiz as Blanca Lupino
2010
- The Widow from Valencia as Leonarda
2009
- The Frost as Rita
2008
- Tell Me About Love as Nicole
2007
- The Nautical Chart as Tánger Soto
- Oviedo Express as Mariola Mayo
2006
- The Backwoods as Isabel
- Wounded Animals as Claudia
- El genio tranquilo
2004
- The Machinist as Marie
- Los 80 as Nuria Acosta
- The Whore and the Whale as Vera
- With Good Reason
2003
- I'm Not Scared as Anna
- A Man, a Real One as Dolores
- Carta mortal
2001
- Hombres felices as Ana
- Without a Trace as Ana
- Mi dulce as Ángela
1999
- Volaverunt as Cayetana, Duquesa de Alba
- Jealousy as Carmen
- Ruleta
- Yerma as Yerma
1998
- Tangos Are for Two as Juanita
1997
- Love Walked In as Vicky Rivas
- Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health as Model
- The Chambermaid on the Titanic as Marie
1996
- La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado as Maria de Loffredo
1995
- A Walk in the Clouds as Victoria Aragón
- La Regenta
- The Frontier Law as Bárbara Miller Molina
- La Regenta as Ana Ozores
- Mouth to Mouth as Amanda
1994
- Moscacieca as Bianca
- La mujer impuntual
1993
- The Bird of Happiness as Nani
- The Greek Labyrinth as Bernadette
- Havanera 1820 as Amelia Roig
- The Perfect Husband as Klara
1992
- Deseo Oculto
- Hidden Desire as Julia
1991
- El crimen de Perpignan as Yvette Romero
1990
- The Monk as Sister Ines
1989
- The Sea and the Weather as Mer
- Going Down in Morocco as Elena
1988
- Rowing with the Wind as Teresa Guiccioli
- Jarrapellejos as Isabel
- No hagas planes con Marga as Charo
- Viento de cólera
1986
- Segunda Enseñanza
- Romanza final (Gayarre) as Alicia